St. Louis Children’s Hospital is launching a new integrated marketing campaign, “Guardians of Childhood,” that reinforces its commitment to helping children in the St. Louis region and across the world.

During the month of March, area Chili’s Restaurants will accept customer donations on behalf of St. Louis Children’s Hospital. The funds raised will be used to provide Meals That Heal gift cards for the hospital’s patients and families.

Tradesworkers and employees from 126 local construction and design companies came together to raise $265,000 to support programs and services at St. Louis Children’s Hospital during the 2015 KIDstruction Week in August.

On July 1, St. Louis Children’s Hospital’s Critical Care Transport Team becomes one of the first pediatric hospitals in the nation—and the first in Missouri and Illinois—to offer scene response—the capability of sending via helicopter a pediatric specialty care team directly to the site of an accident involving children.

In each of the 10 specialties surveyed, St. Louis Children’s Hospital-Washington University School of Medicine is again among the best in the nation, according to U.S.News & World Report. The publication released its annual “Best Children’s Hospitals” edition, along with the methodology used to prepare the rankings.

In its 136 year history, St. Louis Children’s Hospital has grown exponentially. It has expanded its services into the community through mobile health programs and emergency services offered within other hospitals. But today it will add a new freestanding location, as hospital staff and Washington University Physicians welcome patients to the St. Louis Children’s Hospital Specialty Care Center at the corner of I-64/Hwy 40 and Mason Road in west St. Louis County.

St. Louis Children’s Hospital Foundation and the team at Jilly’s Cupcake Bar and Café and Jilly’s Ice Cream Bar are excited to announce that Jilly’s cupcakes and ice cream will be added to the menu of items for sale at the Children’s Hospital cafeteria beginning Monday, June 1.